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  Reviewing editing operationsUSPTO Application #: 20080109717Title: Reviewing editing operations Abstract: A method of reviewing editing operations applied in a document. The method includes using a processing system to determining a first sequence of first editing operations applied to first objects in the document. For at least one second object, the at least one second object being selected from the first objects, the processing system determines at least one second editing operation from the first sequence of first editing operations and then displays a second representation indicative of the at least one second editing operation. (end of abstract) Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto - New York, NY, US Inventor: Klaus Krauter USPTO Applicaton #: 20080109717 - Class: 715255 (USPTO) The Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20080109717. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001]The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for reviewing editing operations, and in particular to a method and apparatus for allowing review of editing operations applied to selected objects within a document. DESCRIPTION OF THE BACKGROUND ART [0002]The reference in this specification to any prior publication (or information derived from it), or to any matter which is known, is not, and should not be taken as an acknowledgment or admission or any form of suggestion that the prior publication (or information derived from it) or known matter forms part of the common general knowledge in the field of endeavour to which this specification relates. [0003]In document editing applications, such drawing or word processing packages, it is known to provide undo and redo operations to allow editing operations to be reversed and re-applied. Typical current practice is to provide an editing history as a linear chronological time sequence for all operations performed on a document. This allows a user to move backwards in the editing sequence to reverse the editing operations applied to objects in the document. If the user has incorrectly reversed editing operations, the user can select a redo operation, allowing the editing operations to be re-applied to the objects by moving forward from the current point in the editing sequence. Typically the undo/redo history is only maintained during an editing session, so that this information is lost when an editing session is finished and the document saved. [0004]JP07295978 describes providing a visual history consisting of a list thumbnails for the entire state of the page. This allows the user to view the effects of the undo prior to performing the undo operation. [0005]U.S. Pat. No. 6,750,890 describes a history of thumbnails for image processing operations applied to a pixel image underneath an editing window. In this example, the user can select one of the thumbnails and the image is restored to that state. [0006]US2005/0102630 describes a method for combining or manipulating elements from different windows in a separate "MetaWindow". The elements that are combined are traced back to their original source. Undo operations for the contents in the "MetaWindow" are based on the operations provided by the applications for the source. [0007]Whilst these documents describe, for example, the use of a visual history, this still only allows undo operations to be applied to all editing operations applied to the document. This can be a major drawback when editing graphical documents when different parts of the artistic composition can appear optimal at different points in a long editing session. [0008]For example, the user may apply a sequence of editing operations to obtain an optimal appearance for a first part of the document, and in doing so apply unwanted editing operations to a second part of the document. As a result, a desired appearance of the second part may be lost. In this instance, the user may undo editing operations to retrieve the desired appearance for the second part, and in doing so, the user may lose the effect of desirable editing operations applied the first part of the document. Thus, in this instance, the undo/redo history means the user must undo the editing operations applied to recover the previous state of the second part, and then reapply the reversed editing operations to the first part of the document only. However, as the sequence of editing operations may be complex, this is not always feasible, and can in any event be extremely time consuming and frustrating. SUMMARY OF THE PRESENT INVENTION [0009]It is an object of the present invention to substantially overcome, or at least ameliorate, one or more disadvantages of existing arrangements. [0010]In a first broad form the present invention provides a method of reviewing editing operations applied in a document, the method including, in a processing system: [0011]a) determining a first sequence of first editing operations applied to first objects in the document; [0012]b) for at least one second object, the at least one second object being selected from the first objects, determining at least one second editing operation from the first sequence of first editing operations; and, [0013]c) displaying a second representation indicative of the at least one second editing operation. [0014]In a second broad form the present invention provides apparatus for reviewing editing operations applied in a document, the apparatus including a processing system for: [0015]a) determining a first sequence of first editing operations applied to first objects in the document; [0016]b) for at least one second object, the at least one second object being selected from the first objects, determining at least one second editing operation from the first sequence of first editing operations; and, [0017]c) displaying a second representation indicative of the at least one second editing operation. [0018]In a third broad form the present invention provides a computer program product for reviewing editing operations applied in a document, the computer program product including computer executable code which when executed on a suitable programmed processing system, causes the processing system to: [0019]a) determine a first sequence of first editing operations applied to first objects in the document; [0020]b) for at least one second object, the at least one second object being selected from the first objects, determine at least one second editing operation from the first sequence of first editing operations; and, [0021]c) display a second representation indicative of the at least one second editing operation. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0022]An example of the present invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:-- [0023]FIG. 1 is a flow chart of an example of a process for reviewing editing operations; [0024]FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of an example of a general purpose computer system; [0025]FIGS. 3A and 3B are a flow chart of an example of a process for reviewing editing operations using the computer system of FIG. 2; [0026]FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of an example of a user interface displaying a document for editing; [0027]FIGS. 5A to 5F are schematic diagrams of an example of a sequence of editing operations applied to the document of FIG. 4; [0028]FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of an example of the user interface of FIG. 4 showing a history of editing operations for a selected object; [0029]FIGS. 7A and 7B are schematic diagrams of an example of a history of editing operations for a second selected object; Continue reading... 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